diff --git a/pixelcanvas.py b/pixelcanvas.py
index 1ac32d8..7b8ffe2 100644
--- a/pixelcanvas.py
+++ b/pixelcanvas.py
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ def render_argparse(args):
     scale = float(args.scale)
     image = chunks_to_image(chunks, scale=scale)
 
-    if scale == 1:
+    if scale == 1 and not args.is_chunks:
         image = crop_image(image, *coordinates)
 
     if args.do_show: